Statistics Honduras 
Honduras in the World
Honduras - Introduction 2016
top of pageBackground: Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. Since then the economy has slowly rebounded.
Area
Total: 112,090 km²
Land: 111,890 km²
Water: 200 km²
Rank: 103
Comparative: slightly larger than Tennessee
Land boundaries
Total: 1575 km
Border countries: (3) Guatemala 244 km; El Salvador 391 km; Nicaragua 940 km
Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 nm
Elevation
Mean elevation: 684 m
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m: highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
Land use
Agricultural land: 28.8%
arable land: 9.1%
permanent crops: 4%
permanent pasture: 15.7%
permanent crops: 4%
permanent pasture: 15.7%
Forest: 45.3%
Other: 25.9%
Natural hazards: frequent but generally mild earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast
Geography
Note: has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast
Honduras - People 2016
top of pagePopulation
Distribution: most residents live in the mountainous western half of the country; unlike other Central American nations Honduras is the only one with an urban population that is distributed between two large centers - the capital of Tegucigalpa and the city of San Pedro Sula; the Rio Ulua valley in the north is the only densely populated lowland area: 8,893,259
Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy higher infant mortality higher death rates lower population growth rates and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Rank: 94
Growth rate: 1.64% (2016 est.)
Growth rate rank: 70
Below poverty line: 60% (2010 est.)
Demographic profile:
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and has the world's highest murder rate. More than half of the population lives in poverty and per capita income is one of the lowest in the region. Poverty rates are higher among rural and indigenous people and in the south west and along the eastern border than in the north and central areas where most of Honduras' industries and infrastructure are concentrated. The increased productivity needed to break Honduras' persistent high poverty rate depends in part on further improvements in educational attainment. Although primary-school enrollment is near 100% educational quality is poor the drop-out rate and grade repetition remain high and teacher and school accountability is low.
Honduras' population growth rate has slowed since the 1990s but it remains high at nearly 2% annually because the birth rate averages approximately three children per woman and more among rural indigenous and poor women. Consequently Honduras' young adult population - ages 15 to 29 - is projected to continue growing rapidly for the next three decades and then stabilize or slowly shrink. Population growth and limited job prospects outside of agriculture will continue to drive emigration. Remittances represent about a fifth of GDP.
Honduras' population growth rate has slowed since the 1990s but it remains high at nearly 2% annually because the birth rate averages approximately three children per woman and more among rural indigenous and poor women. Consequently Honduras' young adult population - ages 15 to 29 - is projected to continue growing rapidly for the next three decades and then stabilize or slowly shrink. Population growth and limited job prospects outside of agriculture will continue to drive emigration. Remittances represent about a fifth of GDP.
Age structure
0-14 years: 33.55%
15-24 years: 21.09%
25-54 years: 36.19%
55-64 years: 4.99%
65 years and over: 4.19% (2016 est.)
Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 57.8%
Youth dependency ratio: 50.1%
Elderly dependency ratio: 7.7%
Potential support ratio: 13.1%
Population distribution: most residents live in the mountainous western half of the country; unlike other Central American nations Honduras is the only one with an urban population that is distributed between two large centers - the capital of Tegucigalpa and the city of San Pedro Sula; the Rio Ulua valley in the north is the only densely populated lowland area
Urbanization
Urban population: 54.7% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 3.14% annual rate of change
Environment
Current issues: urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water) as well as several rivers and streams with heavy metals
International agreements party to: Biodiversity Climate Change Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Desertification Endangered Species Hazardous Wastes Law of the Sea Marine Dumping Ozone Layer Protection Ship Pollution Tropical Timber 83 Tropical Timber 94 Wetlands
International agreements signed but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Sex ratio
At birth: 1.05 male/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male/female
25-54 years: 1.02 male/female
55-64 years: 0.88 male/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male/female
Total population: 1.01 male/female
Infant mortality rate
Total: 17.7 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 20 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 15.2 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 96
Drinking water source:
urban: 97.4% of population
rural: 83.8% of population
total: 91.2% of population
urban: 2.6% of population
rural: 16.2% of population
total: 8.8% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 83.8% of population
total: 91.2% of population
urban: 2.6% of population
rural: 16.2% of population
total: 8.8% of population (2015 est.)
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 86.7% of population
rural: 77.7% of population
total: 82.6% of population
urban: 13.3% of population
rural: 22.3% of population
total: 17.4% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 77.7% of population
total: 82.6% of population
urban: 13.3% of population
rural: 22.3% of population
total: 17.4% of population (2015 est.)
Hivaids
Adult prevalence rate: 0.37% (2015 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 74
People living with hivaids: 20,000 (2015 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 75
Deaths: 1000 (2015 est.)
Deaths rank: 64
Major infectious diseases
Degree of risk: high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea hepatitis A and typhoid fever
Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
Note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country ; it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex via blood transfusion or during pregnancy in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016)
Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 88.5%
Male: 88.4%
Female: 88.6%
Honduras - Government 2016
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: Republic of Honduras
Conventional short form: Honduras
Local long form: Republica de Honduras
Local short form: Honduras
Etymology: the name means 'depths' in Spanish and refers to the deep anchorage in the northern Bay of Trujillo
Capital
Name: Tegucigalpa
Geographic coordinates: 14 06 N 87 13 W
Time difference: UTC-6
Daylight saving time: none scheduled for 2013
Administrative divisions: 18 departments (departamentos singular - departamento); Atlantida Choluteca Colon Comayagua Copan Cortes El Paraiso Francisco Morazan Gracias a Dios Intibuca Islas de la Bahia La Paz Lempira Ocotepeque Olancho Santa Barbara Valle Yoro
Constitution: several previous; latest approved 11 January 1982 effective 20 January 1982; amended many times last in 2012; note - in 2015 the Honduran Supreme Court struck down several constitutional articles on presidential term limits (2016)
International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: yes
Citizenship by descent: yes
Dual citizenship recognized: yes
Residency requirement for naturalization: 1 to 3 years
Executive branch
Chief of state: President Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado ; Vice Presidents Ricardo ALVAREZ Rossana GUEVARA and Lorena HERRERA (since 27 January 2014); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
Head of government: President Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado ; Vice Presidents Ricardo ALVAREZ Rossana GUEVARA and Lorena HERRERA (since 27 January 2014)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by president
Electionsappointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a single 4-year term; election last held on 24 November 2013
Election results: Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado elected president; percent of vote - Juan Orlando HERNANDEZ Alvarado 36.9% Xiomara CASTRO (LIBRE) 28.8% Mauricio VILLEDA (PL) 20.3% Salvador NASRALLA (PAC) 13.4% other 0.6%
Legislative branch
Description: unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional
Elections: last held on 24 November 2013
Election results: percent of vote by party - PNH 33.6% LIBRE 27.5% PL 17.0% PAC 15.2% PINU 1.9% UD 1.7% DC 1.6% other 1.5%; seats by party - PNH 48 LIBRE 37 PL 27 PAC 13 PINU 1 UD 1 DC 1
Judicial branch
Highest court: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia ; note - the court has both judicial and constitutional jurisdiction
Judge selection and term of office: court president elected by his peers; judges elected by the National Congress from candidates proposed by the Nominating Board a diverse 7-member group of judicial officials other government and non-government officials selected by each of their organizations; judges elected by Congress for renewable 7-year terms
Subordinate courts: courts of appeal; courts of first instance; peace courts
Political parties and leaders:
Anti-Corruption Party or PAC [Salvador NASRALLA]
Christian Democratic Party or DC [Felicito AVILA Ordonez]
Democratic Unification Party or UD [Cesar HAM]
Freedom and Refounding Party or LIBRE [Jose Manuel ZELAYA Rosales]
Liberal Party or PL [Mauricio VILLEDA Bermudez]
National Party of Honduras or PNH [Gladys Aurora LOPEZ]
Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party or PINU [Jorge Rafael AGUILAR Paredes]
Christian Democratic Party or DC [Felicito AVILA Ordonez]
Democratic Unification Party or UD [Cesar HAM]
Freedom and Refounding Party or LIBRE [Jose Manuel ZELAYA Rosales]
Liberal Party or PL [Mauricio VILLEDA Bermudez]
National Party of Honduras or PNH [Gladys Aurora LOPEZ]
Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party or PINU [Jorge Rafael AGUILAR Paredes]
International organization participation: BCIE CACM CD CELAC EITI (candidate country) FAO G-11 G-77 IADB IAEA IBRD ICAO ICCt ICRM IDA IFAD IFC IFRCS ILO IMF IMO Interpol IOC (suspended) IOM IPU ISO (subscriber) ITSO ITU ITUC (NGOs) LAES LAIA (observer) MIGA MINURSO MINUSTAH NAM OAS OPANAL OPCW Pacific Alliance (observer) PCA Petrocaribe SICA UN UNCTAD UNESCO UNIDO Union Latina UNWTO UPU WCO (suspended) WFTU (NGOs) WHO WIPO WMO WTO
Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Jorge Alberto MILLA Reyes
In the us chancery: Suite 4-M 3,007 Tilden Street NW Washington DC 20,008
In the us telephone: [1] 966-2,604
In the us FAX: [1] 966-9,751
In the us consulate: Dallas McAllen div>span class=category>consulate: /span>span class=category_data>Dallas McAllen (TX0
In the us consulate general: Atlanta Chicago Houston Los Angeles Miami New Orleans New York San Francisco
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador James D. NEALON
From the us embassy: Avenida La Paz Apartado Postal No. 3,453 Tegucigalpa
From the us mailing address: American Embassy APO AA 34,022 Tegucigalpa
From the us telephone: [504] 2,236-9,320 2,238-5,114
From the us FAX: [504] 2,236-9,037
Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top) white and blue with five blue five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America: Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua; the blue bands symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water and the peace and prosperity of its people
Note: similar to the flag of El Salvador which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua which features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom centered in the white band
National anthem
Name: 'Himno Nacional de Honduras'
Lyrics and music: Augusto Constancio COELLO/Carlos HARTLING
Note: adopted 1915; the anthem's seven verses chronicle Honduran history; on official occasions only the chorus and last verse are sung
Honduras - Economy 2016
top of pageEconomy overview:
Honduras the second poorest country in Central America suffers from extraordinarily unequal distribution of income as well as high underemployment. While historically dependent on the export of bananas and coffee Honduras has diversified its export base to include apparel and automobile wire harnessing.
Honduras’s economy depends heavily on US trade and remittances. The US-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement came into force in 2006 and has helped foster foreign direct investment but physical and political insecurity as well as crime and perceptions of corruption may deter potential investors; about 15% of foreign direct investment is from US firms.
The economy registered modest economic growth of 2.6%-4.0% from 2010 to 2015 insufficient to improve living standards for the nearly 65% of the population in poverty. In 2015 Honduras faced rising public debt but its economy has performed better than expected due to low oil prices and improved investor confidence. The IMF continues to monitor the three-year standby arrangement signed in December 2014 aimed at easing Honduras’s poor fiscal position.
Honduras’s economy depends heavily on US trade and remittances. The US-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement came into force in 2006 and has helped foster foreign direct investment but physical and political insecurity as well as crime and perceptions of corruption may deter potential investors; about 15% of foreign direct investment is from US firms.
The economy registered modest economic growth of 2.6%-4.0% from 2010 to 2015 insufficient to improve living standards for the nearly 65% of the population in poverty. In 2015 Honduras faced rising public debt but its economy has performed better than expected due to low oil prices and improved investor confidence. The IMF continues to monitor the three-year standby arrangement signed in December 2014 aimed at easing Honduras’s poor fiscal position.
Real gdp purchasing power parity:
$41.06 billion (2015 est.)
$39.62 billion (2014 est.)
$38.43 billion (2013 est.)
$39.62 billion (2014 est.)
$38.43 billion (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 112
Real gdp per capita:
$4,900 (2015 est.)
$4,800 (2014 est.)
$4,700 (2013 est.)
$4,800 (2014 est.)
$4,700 (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 167
Gross national saving:
17.7% of GDP (2015 est.)
14.6% of GDP (2014 est.)
12.2% of GDP (2013 est.)
14.6% of GDP (2014 est.)
12.2% of GDP (2013 est.)
Rank: 96
Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 79.7%
Government consumption: 15.2%
Investment in fixed capital: 23.1%
Investment in inventories: 1%
Exports of goods and services: 45.1%
Imports of goods and services: -64%
Agriculture products: bananas coffee citrus corn African palm; beef; timber; shrimp tilapia lobster sugar oriental vegetables
Labor force: 3.573 million (2015 est.)
Rank: 99
By occupation agriculture: 39.2%
By occupation industry: 20.9%
By occupation services: 39.8%
Unemployment rate:
4.1% (2015 est.)
4.3% (2014 est.)
4.3% (2014 est.)
Note: about one-third of the people are underemployed
Rank: 37
Budget
Revenues: $3.992 billion
Expenditures: $4.614 billion
Surplus or deficit: -3.1% of GDP (2015 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 118
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
20.66% (31 December 2015 est.)
20.61% (31 December 2014 est.)
20.61% (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 14
Stock of narrow money:
$2.326 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$2.105 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$2.105 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 122
Stock of broad money:
$8.087 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$7.538 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$7.538 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 113
Stock of domestic credit:
$11.84 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$11.41 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$11.41 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 100
Exports:
$8.041 billion (2015 est.)
$8.072 billion (2014 est.)
$8.072 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 98
Commodities: coffee apparel coffee shrimp automobile wire harnesses cigars bananas gold palm oil fruit lobster lumber
Partners: US 36% Germany 8.7% El Salvador 8.5% Guatemala 6% Nicaragua 5.6% Netherlands 4.1% (2015)
Imports:
$11.1 billion (2015 est.)
$11.07 billion (2014 est.)
$11.07 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 94
Commodities: communications equipment machinery and transport industrial raw materials chemical products fuels foodstuffs
Partners: US 35.2% China 13.6% Guatemala 9.2% Mexico 6.6% El Salvador 5.1% (2015)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.755 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$3.458 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$3.458 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 99
Exchange rates:
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar -
22.098 (2015 est.)
21.137 (2014 est.)
21.137 (2013 est.)
19.64 (2012 est.)
18.895 (2011 est.)
22.098 (2015 est.)
21.137 (2014 est.)
21.137 (2013 est.)
19.64 (2012 est.)
18.895 (2011 est.)
Honduras - Energy 2016
top of pageElectricity
Access population without electricity: 900,000
Access electrification total population: 82%
Access electrification urban areas: 97%
Access electrification rural areas: 66%
Production: 7.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Production rank: 107
Consumption: 5.3 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Consumption rank: 116
Exports: 500 million kWh (2014 est.)
Exports rank: 80
Imports: 800 million kWh (2014 est.)
Imports rank: 98
Installed generating capacity: 2.1 million kW (2014 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 111
Generation sources fossil fuels: 60.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 131
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 109
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 28.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 81
Generation sources other renewable sources: 10.4% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 35
Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 148
Crude oil exports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 137
Crude oil imports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 205
Crude oil proven reserves: 0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 147
Refined petroleum
Products production: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products production rank: 195
Products consumption: 53,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products consumption rank: 102
Products exports: 13,160 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products exports rank: 85
Products imports: 64,820 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products imports rank: 72
Natural gas
Production: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Production rank: 202
Consumption: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Consumption rank: 155
Exports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Exports rank: 116
Imports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Imports rank: 209
Proven reserves: 0 m³ (1 January 2014 es)
Proven reserves rank: 151
Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 10 million Mt (2013 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 101
Honduras - Communication 2016
top of pageTelephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 497,072
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6
Fixed lines rank: 95
Mobile cellular total: 8.048 million
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 92
Mobile cellular rank: 97
Telephone system
General assessment: fixed-line connections are increasing but still limited; competition among multiple providers of mobile-cellular services is contributing to a sharp increase in subscribership
Domestic: beginning in 2003 private sub-operators allowed to provide fixed lines in order to expand telephone coverage contributing to a small increase in fixed-line teledensity; mobile-cellular subscribership is roughly 90 per 100 persons
International: country code - 504; landing point for both the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System and the MAYA-1 fiber-optic submarine cable system that together provide connectivity to South and Central America parts of the Caribbean and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System (2015)
Broadcast media: multiple privately owned terrestrial TV networks supplemented by multiple cable TV networks; Radio Honduras is the lone government-owned radio network; roughly 300 privately owned radio stations (2007)
Internet
Country code: .hn
Users total: 1.781 million
Users percent of population: 20.4%
Users rank: 103
Honduras - Military 2016
top of pageMilitary service age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary 2- to 3-year military service; no conscription (2012)
Honduras - Transportation 2016
top of pageNational air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 5
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 10
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 251,149
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 502,372 mt-km
Airports: 103 (2013)
Rank: 54
With paved runways total: 13
With paved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 3
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 3
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 4
With paved runways under 914 m: 3
With unpaved runways total: 90
With unpaved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 1
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 16
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 73
Railways
Total: 699 km
Narrow gauge: 164 km 1.067-m gauge; 115 km 1.057-m gauge; 420 km 0.914-m gauge
Rank: 100
Roadways
Total: 14,742 km
Paved: 3,367 km
Unpaved: 11,375 km
Note: an additional 8,951 km of non-official roads used by the coffee industry
Rank: 123
Merchant marine
Total: 88
By type: bulk carrier 5 cargo 39 carrier 2 chemical tanker 5 container 1 passenger 4 passenger/cargo 1 petroleum tanker 21 refrigerated cargo 7 roll on/roll off 3
Foreign owned: 47 (2010)
Rank: 55
Honduras - Transnational issues 2016
top of pageDisputes international: International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of 'bolsones' (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras border in 1992 with final settlement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island not mentioned in the ICJ ruling off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca; Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for drugs and narcotics; illicit producer of cannabis cultivated on small plots and used principally for local consumption; corruption is a major problem; some money-laundering activity
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